New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-06-24
RACING IN MUD AND RAIN
A SLOPPY DAY AT sHEEPsHEAD BAY.
TEE pwyrRs LOSE THE STRING sTAKEs-sAxosi
BEATEN BY CIRCUMSTANCES


n may DO that every day Is fair to the man
~ wins every track soaking nimbus has silver
certiacato lining for the misguided creature Oh EARN
svho wadcs through mud and mire forsakes lus"en'
1Ur luck and plunsing blmdiy into the turI piaS ,o
busn comes I'D smiling with both eyes open s.N ~"
hands full Of golden fruit. But there was no'n"e -
this sort at shecrshead Bay yesteruay 70. 10y
.noucb for two or three four men 10 rioc o0
Ao-ss hut when entire train loads OF men get on inc
s.me moor brute in mud fetock deep, they sno"u NOV
Iook for him 10 outfOot or Outswim the oespisou'
htnsmrdoned four-feottt palmped ono iaVono
MAS a winner ycstcr1ay-the invincble HanoVor-ou'
ho pah nothing You had to put eos on him TO WIN
N in the books, and the French pools declared no
dividend at all. Tho money was simply re'uih0a "
those who invested it.
wheu Mercury was withdrawn from tho spring
takes the race was looked as gilt 70 tno D"s'
who ran both Kngfsh and Foreman MI Dao'o
AZ In. Last moment ushered Fanita into the hsh', anu
ha thought well of the flly's chances AS usuai NC
yausblin lifted Kingfsh to the 'front.' as INC nag i'
d cent him away so fast that the other youngsters
must have felt very forlorn Not so with f~pa'roh'
who rode satisfaction In q most satsIac'oiy ""y'
sprcading all sail he began stern chase whch " INC
of the spectators proved to DO nnproVerp
,auv short Kineish tried badly a fuong from home,
aeeine which Mccarthy with flourish swept bravery
to the rescue But he too late. FITZPATRICK
would not wait for Fordham. He went on WIN
satisfaction and robbed the Dryers OF their STAKES
II telephono wirc had boon stretched from the
starting point of the race for the Rapid Stakes to the
grand stand and Mr. Caldwell had put the ena 70 his
ear no would have heard this conversation:
.wbat makes that darby frghton the horses go
Giles helping the starter They keep moving up
before he's ready and have to DO driven back. see'
he's leading Saxony away to the rear"
"Why doesn't he mako Mona 60 backF ehe s'ase
no there In front all the time"
9Cburch wants to get a running start OF three OF
four lengths"
"Do you think he'll got 1t
al can't say, I'm sure"
"Thcy're OIL They re ONE
"Whero's Monai"
nInaiing everything by two lengths"
1t was really too unfortunate SWEET, who was
mt In as q starter at the last moment, was out ot
the race at the fall Of the flag. saxony wouo
have been II no were less quick on MS
feet With speed and courage that were astOuhu
ing he raced after the flying Mona. At the head OF
the bomcstretch no caught her. "Al over!" IN"
ncon,o said. But no: the Infrm ground befriended
Mona >saxony slipped, lost his Stride swerveu 70
tina outside Of the course and the race was Mohas'
NJ course Hanover cantercd away with the rch
Concy Island Derby. Oneko and Hypasia were con.
toni to worry along in his wake and take the nuu VI
his disdainful heels
The first race and the fifth of the professional
kind Only five Jumpers started for the Grass Stakes
and the race slow as cows going 10 Min
There were five weary beasts at the finish Another
hurdle might have brought them all to earth
Tho course was too wet to be holding. 1t was moro
vater than mud The afternoon an extremely
disagreeablc one and the attendance the smallest
ever seen at sheepshead Bay. Trains on the down
trim poughed through water deep enough to put out
tho fire in the engines
FIRST RAcE-PURsE $500. SELLING. SPECIAL WEIGHTS
SEVEN FURLoSGs